Ribbed knitted fabric.



UNITED STATES vPATENT OEEICE.

ROBERT W. SCOTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO LOUIS N. D. WILLIAMS, OF ASHBOURNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RIBBED KNITTED FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,828, dated September 23, 1902.

Application filed February 26, 1902.

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROBERT W. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States,`residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Ribbed Knitted Fabrics, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of ribbed knitted fabrics in which a ieecing-yarn is introduced in such manner as to form loops Io projecting from one or both faces of the fabric, which loops can be brushed to form a fleece Without injury to the yarn of which the fabric is composed, the object of my invention being to so construct such a vfabric that a number of independent ileecing-.yarns can be employed, which yarns may be of different color or otherwise distinguished from each other, so that, Aif desired, striped effects can be produced upon the fleeced face of the zoV fabric.

'V The figures in the accompanying drawings represent exaggerated `views of pieces of ribbed knitted fabric having iieecing yarn combined therewith in accordance with my invention. Y

l, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 represent successiv courses of stitches of the fabric interlooped so as to form alternating needle-Wales a and l) and sinker-wales c,the stitches in the needle- 3o Wales a being drawnin one direction or to one face of the fabric, those in the needle- Wales b being drawn in the other direction or to the opposite face of the fabric, and the sinkerwales extending from Wales of one faceof the fabric to those ofthe other face, as is usual in the production of ribbed knitted fabric.

Usually in introducing the vfleecing yarn or yarns into a fabric of this class said yarn ext-ends in a direction parallel or substantially parallel with the courses of fabric and is united in various ways to Wales of the course in which it is to be introduced, those portions Vof the yarn between the'engaging portions forming loops projecting beyond one or both faces of the fabric, so that they can be'bi'ushed to form a fleece without injury to the knitting-yarn forming the stitches of the fabric.' In carrying out my invention, vhowever, I dispose the iieecing-yarn ina directionA 5o parallel or substantially parallel with the wales of the fabric, each Iieecing-yarn form- Serial No. 95,786i (No specimens.)

ing a loop or stitch-engaging Wales of one or both faces of the fabric and between its engaging points forming a floating loop constituting the portion which is to be Iieeced. In the drawings some of these projecting loops are shown as on one face of the fabric and some as on the other face, the loops being produced upon either face, as desired. The fleecing-yarn (shown in Figure l) formsloops 6o engaging with a Wale a of the fabric, the fleecing-yarn w forms stitches in said Wales ct, the iieecing-yarn x2 forms loops engaging with a Wale b of the fabric, and the lieecingyarn ac3 forms stitches in a Wale b, and in the 65 fabric shown in Fig. 2 the fleecing-yarn 904 forms first a loop in the Wale b and then a loop in the Wale a of the fabric, the fleecingyarn x5 forms first a stitch in the Wale b and then in a Wale a of the fabric, and the iieec- 7o ingyarn v6 forms stitches in successive courses of the Wale b, the yarn in each case oating in the form of'a surface loop y from one point of attachment to the neXt.

A machine for producing my improved fabric may be provided with one or more yarn guides or feeders for the knitting yarn or yarns and with a fleecing-yarn guide or feeder for each of the needles or groups of needles on which the loops or stitches of ileecing-yarn 8o are to be produced, said ileecing-yarn guide being so manipulated in respect to the needle or needles that the latter will draw either loops or stitches of the Iieecing-yarn in those courses of the fabric wherein it is desired to engage the iieecing-yarn with said fabric, as will be readily understood by those skilled in the knitting art. The fieecing-yarn need not necessarily follow a course parallel with the Wales of the fabric, as it maybe disposed in a 9o diagonal or zigzag course, engaging first one Wale of the fabric and then an adjoining Wale. rvIn fact the number and disposition'of the points of engagement of the tleecing-yarn with the fabric maybe varied in accordance with variations in the character of thefabric and in the purpose for which it is intended.

By using eecing-yarns differing in character or color striped effects may be produced upon thel fleeced surface, although my invention is roo not limited to the production of such stri pes,

but embodies a novel method of combining fleecing-yarn with a knitted fabric. Some of the features of the invention, moreover, are applicable as well to plain knitted fabrics as to ribbed fabrics.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A knitted fabric having iieecing-yarns combined therewith, each of said fieecingyarns engaging first a wale in one course of the fabric and then a wale in another course of the fabric above or below the said first course, and forming between said points of attachment a loop projectingr above the surface of the fabric, and Heating over a plurality ofcourses ofthe fabric, substantially as specified.

2. A ribbed knitted fabric having fieecingyarns combined therewith, each of said fleecing-yarns engaging rst a wale in one course of lhe fabric and then a Wale in another course of the fabric above or below the said rst course, the yarn floating in the form of a projecting loop over a plurality of courses of the fabric between its successive points of engagement with the fabric, substantially as specified.

3. A knitted fabric having fieecing-yarns combined therewith said fieecing-yarns extending in a direction parallel with the wales 'masas of the fabric, engaging with wales in separate courses of the fabric, and forming between successive points of attachment loops projecting above the surface of the fabric, and fioating over a plurality of courses of the fabric, substantially as specified.

4. A ribbed knitted fabric having fleecingyarns combined therewith, said yarns extending in a direction parallel with the wales of the fabric, engaging with wales in separated courses of the fabric, and forming projecting loops between their points of engagement, said loops fioating over a plurality of courses of the fabric, substantially as specified.

5. A ribbed knitted fabric having fieecingyarns combined therewith, each of said yarns engaging wales of both faces of the fabric, first in one course of said fabric, and then in a course above or below said first course, and forming projecting loops between successive points of engagement, which loops float over a plurality of courses of the fabric, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT W. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

F. E. BECHTOLD, Jos. I-I. KLEIN. 

